Reporter Dac Manh from the Da Nang Newspaper made a trip from 10 - 16 May to Viet Nam’s territorial waters where China has illegally positioned the HD-981 oil drilling rig.  He was on board the Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship HP 926.  Chinese ships intentionally surrounded the ship and aggressively rammed into it to impede it from approaching the rig.

Danang Today would like to share with our readers some of his photos which capture the Chinese ships’ provocative actions.  The photos also reflect the strong determination of Viet Nam’s Marine Police and Fisheries Surveillance forces who are fulfilling their law enforcement missions in the Hoang Sa waters.

A Chinese ship aggressively ramming into the HP 926 Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ship

A Chinese vessel firing water cannon into the Vietnamese ship

The starboard side of the Vietnamese ship was damaged during the attacks

Many Chinese vessels surrounding the HD-981 drilling rig to safeguard it

Chinese vessels preventing the Vietnamese ship from approaching the oil rig

Checking the sprinkler system on the Vietnamese ship

A window on the Vietnamese ship being tightly covered with a mattress in case of a water cannon attack

A crew member of the Vietnamese ship listening to Hoang Sa-related information on his radio

Hanging cabbages transported from the mainland to prevent them from being spoiled